By: M. Lavanya
*Vice Principal, Department of Nursing, Save college of Nursing, Tirupati, Andra Pradesh, India.
The study aimed to evaluate the impact of an awareness program on common childhood allergies among mothers, considering various demographic factors. A pre-experimental design with a single group, including both pre-test and post-test assessments, was used. A total of 50 mothers were chosen through a convenience sampling method. The study findings revealed that among 50 mothers 35(70%) had inadequate knowledge, 12(24%) had moderate knowledge and 3(6%) had adequate knowledge in pre-test. After the administration of awareness programme the findings of the post -test revealed that 33(66%) had adequate knowledge, 13 (26%) had moderate knowledge and 4 (8%) had inadequate knowledge on mothers regarding selected common childhood allergies. In pre- test mean value was 12.30, post-test mean value was 20.06 and the standard deviation was 20.06 in pre-test, 2.81 in posttest. The findings of the study indicated that mothers had limited knowledge about common childhood allergies prior to the awareness program. However, after participating in the program, their understanding of these allergies significantly increased.
Keywords: Awareness program, Childhood allergies, Knowledge assessment, Pre-test and post-test, Demographic factors
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